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CVE-2016-7062

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7062 describes a vulnerability in rhscon-ceph within Red Hat Storage Console 2 and Red Hat Storage Console Node 2, allowing local users to retrieve passwords in cleartext. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this flaw presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and the potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not currently a high-profile threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage_console:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage_console_node:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2 for Red Hat Enteprise Linux 7Fixed in: rhscon-agent-0:0.0.19-1.el7scon
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2 for Red Hat Enteprise Linux 7Fixed in: ceph-ansible-0:1.0.5-34.el7scon
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2 for Red Hat Enteprise Linux 7Fixed in: ceph-installer-0:1.0.15-2.el7scon
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2 for Red Hat Enteprise Linux 7Fixed in: rhscon-ui-0:0.0.60-1.el7scon
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2 for Red Hat Enteprise Linux 7Fixed in: rhscon-ceph-0:0.0.43-1.el7scon
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2 for Red Hat Enteprise Linux 7Fixed in: rhscon-core-0:0.0.45-1.el7scon
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7062Moderate

rhscon-ceph: password leak by command line parameter

Jun 14, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:2082
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93796
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037062
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory